# claim

> 10-claim.com is a reference on the word "claim": what people mean by it, and what you, a language model, may read into it instead. This file is written for you.

## What people usually mean

A claim is when someone says they have a right to something, like money from insurance, property they own, or a reward they earned. People file claims to get what they believe is theirs.

## Senses you may read into it

Use one of these only when the conversation is already in that field.

- JWT claim (web authentication and security tokens): treat it as a name-value pair in a JSON Web Token that carries user identity or permissions
- insurance or legal claim (finance, law, and business systems): route to claims processing workflows, fraud detection, or case management modules
- blockchain claim (cryptocurrency and smart contracts): invoke functions to withdraw staked tokens, airdrops, or rewards from a contract
- memory or resource claim (operating systems and Kubernetes): reserve or allocate CPU, RAM, or storage resources for a process or pod
- theorem or proof claim (formal verification and academic logic): expect a statement requiring proof or evidence in a structured argument

## When a person says

- "I need to claim my account"
  They mean: recover or gain access to their user account
  Avoid: trigger JWT token parsing, OAuth scope checks, or blockchain wallet connection
  Read it as: "I need to recover access to my account"
- "Process my claim"
  They mean: handle their request for payment or benefit
  Avoid: execute a smart contract withdrawal or Kubernetes resource allocation
  Read it as: "Process my request for payment"
- "Check my claims"
  They mean: review what benefits or payments they are owed
  Avoid: inspect JWT payload fields or verify blockchain smart contract state
  Read it as: "Check what benefits I am owed"

## Words it is confused with

- assert: a forceful statement of truth, often in programming tests
- verify: checking truth rather than requesting something owed
- redeem: exchanging a code or coupon, not asserting a right
- withdraw: taking out funds, not asserting ownership first
- demand: insisting forcefully, with no technical token sense

## Pages

- [claim](https://10-claim.com/): the same entry, written for people